Skein holder



Feb. 16,1926. 1,573,221

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SKEIN HOLDER.

Application filed March 12-, Serial No. 15,299.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat 1, MAX Or'ro CLAUSS, a citizen of theUnited States, residing in New Yorkcity, in the county of New York, in the State of New. York, have invented certain new andfuse'ful Improvements in Skein Holders, of which the following is a specification. i

The invention. relates to an improvement in skein holders for winding machines and the like.

The object of the invention is to produce an improved and simplified skein holder of the type having two thread supporting fingers spaced apart from each other with provlsion whereby a tubular band or holder may be slipped onto the skein on the completion of the winding operation while the skein still remains in the skein holder. To this end the invention consists in the skein holder hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in'the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings illustrating'the preferred form of the invention,

H Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the improved skein holder, showing its relation to the operating parts of a winding machine; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the parts shown in Fig. 1, with the thread spool omitted; and Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the skein holder showing the completed and labeled skein and indicating the method of removing the 'skein from the holder.

The improved skein holder, as illustrated inthe drawings, comprises two thread supporting fingers 5 and 6 which are held spaced apart in fixed relation with each other for supporting the thread loops during the skein winding operation. The lower finger 6 (as shown in the drawing) is hookshaped to prevent the threads from spreading laterally during the winding. The upper finger 5 may be flat or curved to permit of the ready disengagement of the thread loops therefrom on completion of the winding operation. To hold the loose end 7 for the formation of the first loop a slit 8 is provided in the finger 5. To keep the threads more or less confined to one spot the finger 5 is provided with a shoulder 9. As shown in the drawings the finger 5 projects laterally from the upper end of an upright 10 rising from the base 11, which also serves to support the finger 6. It will be understood that this construction is optional and that the fingers 5 and 6 may be supported in any preferred manner.

In order that a tubular band or label may he slipped longitudinally onto the skein threads while the skein still remains inqthe .holder on the completion of the winding operation, as shown in Fig. 3, the finger =6 is provided with a shank 12 for loosely supporting the label or band 13 during the winding operation. Before the winding operation is commenced the tubular label or band 13 is placed on the shank or sup port 12, then when the skein is completed it is moved longitudinally along the support 12 and onto the skein threads as far as the middle of the skein, as shown in Fig. 3. Upon the completion of the winding operation the thread leading to the thread supply is severed opposite substantially the middle of the skein and this loose end is held in place by the tubular label or band. The loose end 7 is then disengaged from the slit 8 and the thread loops at this end of the skein are moved laterally along the finger 5 to disengage the skein from the holder.

The skein winding operation may be accomplished by feeding the thread through a fixed thread eye and arranging the skein holder so that it will rotate in such manner that the fingers 5 and 6 will travel in substantially the same circuit. It is pre ferred, however, to hold the thread sup porting fingers 5 and 6 stationary and to loop the thread about them. This is the mode of operation illustrated in the drawings. The thread delivering eye 15 is supported on the laterally extending end 16 of an arm 17 mounted on a shaft 18 (which is located substantially halfway between the fingers 5 and 6) journaled in the upper end of an upright 19, the lower part of which is not indicated. The shaft 18 is provided with a pulley 20 around which passes a belt 21 driven from a source of power not shown in the drawings.

The thread 24 is supplied from a cone 25 mounted loosely on the upright pin 26. The thread 24 passes through the hollow axis of the shaft 18 and thence through a hole 27 in the end 16 of the arm 17 to the delivering eye 15. When the loose end 7 of the thread is caught in the slit 8 and the shaft 18 is actuated the thread is looped about the fingers 5 and 6 to form a skein consisting of longitudinally extendingv superimposed comprising, two thread supporting fingers loops. When the completed and labeled spaced apart in fixed relation, one finger skein is'removed from the skein holder, the loosethread end '7 serves to indicate to the user what end to pull to unwind the skein Without entanglement while enclosed in its band.

Having thus described the invention what I claim as new is 1. A skein holder for winding machines comprising, two thread supporting; fingers spaced: apart, each finger being adapted to receive and hold the OPPOSItG ends 01 the loops constituting the skein, one of said I fingers being provided with a shank for holding atubular band to be slipped over the finger and onto the skein threads on the completion of the winding-operation.

2. A skein holder for Winding machines being in the form of a hook and the other finger being formed to permit of the lateral displacement of the skein therefrom.

3. A skein holder for winding machines comprising, two fingers spaced apart in fixed relation to support the thread loops duringthe winding operation, one of said fingers being shaped to permit of the lateral displacement of the loop threads there: from and the other of said fingers being hook-shaped and having a shank for holding a tubular hand during the winding operation to permit the band to be slipped onto the skein threads while the skein still remains-in the holder on the'completionof the Winding operation.

MAX OTTO'CLAUSS. 

